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Joan Mottram

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23 September 2004

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23 September 2004

Samelson, Adolphus (1817–1888), ophthalmic surgeon, was born on 6 September 1817 in Berlin to Jewish parents; his father, whose forename is unknown, died in 1830 and his mother, born Maria Ann Hartog, lived to an advanced age. Samelson was educated in the Berlin Gymnasium...

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